I want to make a shout out to local pro photographer Carlos Austin who turned me on to another amazing sensation in photography — High Dynamic Range imagery. The concept is pretty easy. Often when we take a picture, we sacrifice something. To get faces to be well exposed, the sky is blown out white. [...]

There were so many lovely portraits to choose from: all the new baby plan images, amazing bluebonnets, spontaneous moments at parks, and of course all the many mishaps that come with photographing children in a studio. So many new babies were born:   We had a lovely spring: And new studio shots were very fun: Now [...]

My sleigh is here! I got the final touches ready by buying some holly and bows for it yesterday. I’m so amazed by it — I can’t wait to start taking pictures of children for the holidays. I decided to post an image of the sleigh on my blog, so I grabbed a camera and walked [...]

At last! I finally got to practice the new “holds” I learned at the Babies and Bellies workshop in San Antonio. Camille was a great sport as I fumbled around and showed her (while referring to my spiral notebook) the new poses. And boy did they work. I mean amazing. Easy to hold baby. Easy to [...]

So today I stood in the shower for five minutes, shampoo bottle in hand, trying to remember if I had already washed my hair or not. I’m sure I’m not the only person this happens to. Right now I’m trying to process at least sixteen tasks at any given moment, and I feel like my own personal [...]

Ha, the dress didn’t *really* fit. I was, after all, 22 when I wore it! But it was pretty darn close–good enough to model for a practice shoot for my photography group. Such talented people I know! These were shot by Suzanne Jenkins.

My new lens for my Canon came in today. I got a very fast f1.8 standard 50mm because I wanted to play with low light work as well as narrow depth of field. My usual lens, the typical portrait workhorse–a 28-135mm zoom–is a little slow, with a max of f3.5 zoomed out and 5.6 zoomed [...]

Last night my photography group met at Dunvegan Keep, one man’s backyard turned architectural and landscaping mecca. The images in this post are from there–Kurt standing in the doorway of the Knight’s retreat, all dragon windows and swords. This amazing piece of land has been featured in national magazines and on Good Morning, America, which [...]

Today, I was at a rehearsal for an Easter pageant I am involved with. I have been in the cast for 10 years, was chairman for a stint, and still do all the photography and publicity for it. It’s been a rough year, as last-minute construction at the Burger Center shoved us out of our [...]

My nephew Eric plays with a resident at the nursing home where my grandparents live. Elizabeth takes another riding lesson from Aunt Traci. Emily doesn’t panic, pulling back on the reins to stop Who Dat when he unexpectedly takes off into a gallop across the arena. Aunt Traci is proud. Mama and Emily cry like [...]